Cedika, Regent's Palace.

While the Crusade of Mari was attacking the castle of Sveron at the border, Qin Dong in Saidika was in the regent's palace to receive the emissary sent by Melova, the leader of the Franksalian tribes on the western Atlantic coast.

The Franks of the Salian tribe lived in Belgium during this period, the father of the leader Merovi was Claudio, Claudio died in 447 AD, his eldest son had sent someone to Attila for help, hoping that Attila would send troops to help him ascend to the throne, and his second son was Merovia, Merovi had asked Aetius for help, Attila took the opportunity to invade Gaul, but because of the support of Aetius, Merovi still killed his brother and ascended to the throne of the leader of the Frankish Salian tribe, After all, at that time, Belgium, where the Franks lived, was still part of the Gallic province of the Western Roman Empire.

Historically, Merovian was the grandfather of Clovis, the founder of the Merovingian dynasty, the first dynasty of the Frankish kingdom, and his son Cheldrick I, who would succeed him as chieftain of the Franks of the Salian tribe in 458, was the first Merovingian king to be able to confirm the existence of Zài. Literary sources and archaeological research prove that he was both the Latin king of the Franks and the governor of Gaul, Belgium, a Roman province. He was the only Germanic king who did not join the Arian sect, and he gave the local elite the same importance as the bishops.

The envoy Suvana saluted Qin Dong and said: "Honorable Royal Highness the Regent, the chief of our clan, Lord Merloway, sent a villain to meet His Royal Highness the Regent, hoping that the friendship between our clan and the Xiongnu Empire will be developed. Please accept it, Your Highness! ”

Qin Dong motioned to the attendant next to him to accept the gift list, and then said, "Suvana, as far as this king knows. Six years ago, when your chieftain Merovi led an army in the Battle of Chalons as an ally of the Western Empire, do you think that such a small gift that cannot be put on the table can ease our relations? ”

When Suvana heard this, a layer of sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead, and the beating of his heart also accelerated, he didn't expect Qin Dong to turn his face when he met without even looking at the gift list, and his brain teaser was in a hurry. Immediately said: "Honorable King, the situation at that time was different from now, when the Western Empire was powerful. Moreover, the commander of the Western Empire, Aetius, is extremely strong, and if our people do not agree to unite with the Western Empire, Aetius will declare that he will send troops to destroy our people, and the chief of our tribe, Lord Merovy, in order to preserve the people. I can only grit my teeth and agree to marry him. At that time, it was indeed a helpless move, but now it is different, the king, now the chieftain of our clan intends to improve relations with the Xiongnu Empire, and the relationship between Urgan, the king of the Western Court in the west of your country, is not harmonious with the king, and does not listen to the king's orders, he is our common enemy, and the chief of our tribe, Lord Merovy, is willing to deal with Urgan with the king! ”

How much of this guy is telling the truth? Qin Dong couldn't hear it, but he was sure that this guy wasn't telling the truth. However, Qin Dong does not intend to pursue it, there are no eternal enemies and friends in this world, only eternal interests, the area of Belgium that the Salian Franks now control is not bordering the territory he controls, so there is no conflict of interest, so there is no need for him to have a tense relationship with the Salian Franks at this time, and as Suvana said, he and Merowe do have a common enemy, that is, Urgan, but Urgan is a Huns, for him Qin Dong, His contradiction with Urgan was a matter within the Huns, and it was not yet the turn of the Salian Franks to intervene.

Qin Dong thought about it in his mind, and after Suvana finished speaking, he said: "Now it is indeed different from the previous shape, and we can't always hold on to hatred, since the noble chief Merovi is willing to make friends with our country, of course this king is happy, and this king is also very willing to make friends with the nobles, but Urgan is after all the king of the western courtyard of my Hun Empire, he does not respect the orders of this king, does not respect the orders of the imperial court, this is an internal matter of my Hun Empire, so I don't worry about it, please go back and sue Sù Merovy, This king does not allow him to touch an inch of land or a single grass in Urgan, if he moves, it will be interference in the internal affairs of our Xiongnu Empire, and he is the enemy of this king! ”

Suvana hurriedly said: "Great King, our clan can not deal with Urgan, but Urgan covets the territory of our clan, and he always plunders on the border, which makes my chieftain Lord Merovi very annoyed......

Qin Dong waved his hand and said: "Okay, this king knows about this matter, this king will deploy more troops at the junction with the territory of Urgan to attract his attention and prevent him from harassing you again, but you can't fight his idea, there is so much land in the south, why don't you develop in the south?" For example, the Gallic provinces of the Western Empire, their relations with the Visigoths are now tense, and most of the troops are held back by the Visigoths, so you can completely gnaw a piece of meat in Gaul! ”

"Huh?" Suvana was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Can the king really send troops to contain Urgan, so that my people can invade Gaul south with all their hearts?" The king didn't deceive the villain, right? ”

Qin Dong said unhappily: "Presumptuous, as the regent of a country, how can this king be trustworthy?" What this king said naturally counts! ”

Suvana was overjoyed and said, "Then thank you, Your Highness the Regent, if Your Highness agrees, we can reach an agreement now and sign an alliance agreement!" ”

The Franks were outnumbered but small enough to expand outwards to ease the pressure on the population's demand for land, and now Qin Dong had agreed to contain Urgan so that they could concentrate their forces to invade the Gallic provinces of the Western Empire southward, which was probably undesirable for Merovy.

Qin Dong immediately asked people to sign an agreement with Suvana, and the two sides officially became allies, which was actually a result that both sides were willing to do, Qin Dong's intention was to attack from afar, and the Franks were not willing to provoke Qin Dong, the actual controller of the Xiongnu Empire, after all, presumably for the Xiongnu Empire, the current Frank Salian tribe was still too weak.

The next morning, Liu San came to see Qin Dong and reported a message: "Great King, the spies arranged by his subordinates in the embassy last night heard an astonishing news from the Franks, it turns out that the chief of the Franks of the Salian tribe, Melovy, is terminally ill and may die at any time!" ”

"Oh?" Qin Dong stood up when he heard this, there is no clear conclusion in history whether Merovi died in 457 or 458, and there is no clear record in the history books, but it is known that it was either in 457 or 458 in these two years, and now Merovis is very sick, so it makes sense to say that Merovis sent Suvana to sign an alliance with the Xiongnu Empire to lay the foundation for his son Hildrick.

Qin Dong touched his chin and ordered: "Okay, I know, your intelligence department must keep an eye on the movements of the Franks at any time, although their strength is very weak, we can't help but pay attention to them, maybe these weak forces of theirs can stir up chaos in the world!" ”

"Understood, King!"

Not long after Liu San left, an eight-hundred-mile urgent messenger ran into the Regent's Mansion out of breath and delivered a military intelligence report to Qin Dong, Qin Dong opened the cylinder and took out the parchment letter inside, unfolded it and read it through, and his face changed greatly after reading it.

It turned out that the Gepids, under the leadership of their chieftain Ardarik, took advantage of the fact that the attention of the Huns was attracted to the east by the Eastern Roman Empire, and forcibly broke through the blockade of the Huns and migrated south.

"What a cunning Gepid, what a cunning Ardarik!" Qin Dongtie's face was blue, and he kept secretly blaming himself for being too careless during this time, why didn't he guess the intention of the Gepid and the Ostrogoths to migrate south?

"Someone!" Qin Dong shouted immediately after steady thoughts.

A clerk came out of the next room and said, "What does the king command?" ”

Qin Dong said: "Immediately eight hundred miles to rush to Lored, and ordered him to personally lead the iron cavalry to pursue the Gepid people at full speed, even if he can't cause casualties to the Gepid people, he must intercept the 15,000 Hun cavalry that surrendered to this king!" ”

After Dadan Yu Erak was ambushed, there were about 25,000 Hun cavalry surrendered to the Gepid and Ostrogoths, of which the Gepid people were divided into 15,000 people, Qin Dong's purpose was to stop the 15,000 Hun cavalry, this is a large force, they are the Hun cavalry personally commanded by Erak, its combat effectiveness is extraordinary, if it is not surrounded on three sides, one side is a Jedi, these Hun cavalry will not surrender no matter what. It's a pity to let these people go to be slaves for the Gepid people, Qin Dong wants to rescue these people, and then eat and drink well for two months, and then train them intensively for three months, after the training, it will definitely be a cavalry army with strong combat effectiveness, and they will definitely be grateful to Qin Dong who rescued them, and they will follow them to the death for the rest of their lives, this is Qin Dong's purpose.

The clerk saluted and said, "Yes, my lord, the lower officer will write the military order immediately!" ”

The military order was quickly written, and Qin Dong stamped it with the regent's large seal before putting it in a cylinder and handing it to the messenger to send back.

After the eight-hundred-mile urgent messenger left, another general from the Military Affairs Department came over to report to Qin Dong: "King Qiqi, General Ma Li, the chief general of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, sent someone to Pegasus to deliver a battle report!" ”

Qin Dong turned his head and asked, "How is the battle going?" ”

"The situation is not very good, General Ma Li is blocked under the castle of Sveron and cannot move forward, the continuous siege of the city in the past few days, the army has suffered heavy casualties, I have thought of all the ways I can think of, but there is no way to take that castle!"

Qin Dong asked, "Didn't Ma Li say last time that the 17th Infantry Division could be dispersed into multiple small teams to infiltrate the border defense and enter the rear of the Eastern Empire?" Could something have happened? ”

"Yes, Great King, the Eastern Empire is impermeable this time, and the method of infiltration is not used!"

"It seems that compared to the Germanic city defenses, it is much more difficult to attack the cities of the Eastern Empire!" Qin Dong frowned and said, the siege battles he had conducted before were basically fought against the Germans, and he had never attacked the cities of the Roman Empire, and the Roman Empire was very experienced in attacking and defending cities, and it was obviously not comparable to the Germans who didn't care about the defense of the city.

After thinking for a moment, Qin Dong said and ordered: "Prepare, in two days, this king will personally go to the front line to see the battle situation!" ”

"Yes, King!" (To be continued......)